Fresh Energy is driving down emissions from electricity by expanding wind, solar, and storage; building the grid of the future; and advocating for affordable, reliable, and modern rate designs that ensure no one is left behind.

Expanding wind, solar, and storage

Building the grid of the future

Advocating for rate design centering equity and electrification
- What’s up with data centers in Minnesota?Data centers in Minnesota would use a lot of electricity and water. Minnesota decision-makers can and should ensure they help, not hinder, our affordable, equitable transition to clean electricity.
- Regulatory Update: Fresh Energy supports innovative distributed energy programFresh Energy filed comments in support of Xcel Energy’s proposed “Capacity*Connect” program, which could deploy as much as 200 megawatts of battery storage to support grid reliability.
- How Fresh Energy plugs into the Midwest gridAn important way that Fresh Energy works to shape the future of our electric grid is by having a full-time staffer dedicated to working with the Midwest’s regional grid operator.
- What’s really driving up electricity costs (and what isn’t)Everyone wants a villain to blame for rising electricity prices. But there are a lot of factors into what goes into your electric bill – and reality is a little more complex.
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White Paper: What’s up with data centers in Minnesota?
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Incorporating Health and Equity Metrics into the Minnesota Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan
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Monitoring Pollinators on Minnesota Solar Installations
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Minnesota Energy At A Glance
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Negative prices in the MISO market – September 2018
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Solar with Justice Chapter 5
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Petition of Northern States Power Company for Approval of General Time-of-Use Service Tariff
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Bringing Community Solar to a Broader Community
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Community Solar Pledge






